JFSinIL Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 My plan to homeschool up to but NOT including high school may have worked with the oldest...but for the last kid, ack, our district is firing teachers right and left due to lack of $$$, cutting classes and programs, and generally driving a lot of folks to home school. I am NOT a math or science person - ok, I do have Chalkdust for math - what is there comparable for science? And, need to be secular as we are Catholic (I mean, I doubt there is a Catholic science program). I am talking biology, chemistry, physics - the favored trio of science. Our area does not allow high school kids to take cc. course, either. So that is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I'm not the best one to answer this. I thought you were going to list a science program at first then I decided to peek anyway. I have a friend who is Catholic and is only looking at Catholic materials. Check out Seaton Hall materials. Of course, her only is just 3 right now. But that seems to be what she is hearing from her friends at church. (I use Apologia so I'm not help for secular science. Apologia does have on-line science classes though. Check here.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 you might want to check out Kinetic Books for Physics: www.kineticbooks.com It is a digital textbook, with mini-lectures given, sample problems worked out step by step, lots of animations, etc. Someone (here, I think) did mention that she is having trouble getting a solutions manual, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Kolbe Academy has great science courses that use secular books. The course plans are fairly thorough. I believe they use Kinetic books for some of their courses. Seton uses Protestant books. Two other options, both online, both secular - K12 and the Florida Virtual School. We get free classes from the FLVS but out-of-state students can pay to take them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Oak Meadow is secular and offers online, teacher graded or do-it-yourself options for their science classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeJM Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 The Prentice Hall textbooks, used in many schools, have online components for enrichment or further explanation or exploration. I think that's a great feature. This is true also of their history books. Haven't used them myself, but my dd has them in her private high school. My oldest used a Holt textbook which also had some great features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 I know nothing about these! It was posted on a local homeschooling yahoo group. They may not even be age appropriate. Hi folks, Don't miss out on a bunch of brand new Science Jim online classes that are starting next week. Here's a brief rundown, for more info go here http://sciencejim.com/webclasses.html'>http://sciencejim.com/webclasses.html'>http://sciencejim.com/webclasses.html'>http://sciencejim.com/webclasses.html'>http://sciencejim.com/webclasses.html'>http://sciencejim.com/webclasses.html'>http://sciencejim.com/webclasses.html 3 new online curriculum classes for ages 9 and up, all starting the week of March 22 All curriculum classes come with a free Bite-Size Physics eBook so that you can work along at home! 10 weeks of Newton's Laws, Mondays at 11 EDT $75.00 10 weeks of Physics of Force, Tuesdays at 10:30 EDT $75.00 8 weeks of Physics of Energy, Wednesdays at 11:00 EDT (Never been offered before!) $60.00 For more information click here. http://sciencejim.com/webclasses.html Also, don't miss my online Incredible Einstein Series Wednesdays at 1 EDT or at 2:30 EDT Take just one or all three. Only $5.00 a piece or $12.50 for all three Einstein in a Nutshell, March 24 The Wacky World of Relativity, March 31 The Speed of Light, April 7 Click here to check it out http://sciencejim.com/webclasses.html Last but not least take a look at CurrClick's Science Fair $20.00 Win prizes if you can create the best 4 minute science fair video out of 60 competitors. Join my Green Team and we will work together to create the best science fair video ever! Check it out here http://www.currclick.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=299&products_id=34755&it=1 Please feel free to pass on this information to folks who you think might be interested. Hope to see you all online soon! Never Stop Wondering "Science Jim" Mueller (919) 929-9791 A Fun Approach to Serious Physics! Sciencejim Join my Facebook page! Facebook | Science Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine State Sue Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 For physics anyway, check out Derek Owens. I'm planning on using him for physics or physical science next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janice H Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 for next year, with Campbell for reference and its study guide. This may not be a good choice for first-time-around biology unless your student is very dedicated or takes it after chemistry. After 9 weeks during freshman year, we dropped out of the Kolbe supported Prentice Hall "dragon fly" Miller Levine book. The supplemental online info from the publisher was confusing to navigate, and the text had lots of distracting font types and colors. Instead of using bigger or brighter typeface to summarize or highlight bio. concepts, brightly colored words announced that the student was "drawing inferences", or doing some other mental activities. This textbook's style is great for some people; the photos were beautiful. The Campbell book suits us much better. There are two or three versions of the text. One has "essentials" I think in the title, another one has "concepts and connections." You could get one just 2 or 3 years old and save some $. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 Teaching Company has many great programs on video (usually have just audio available, too). I don't think there's really much of a lab component to any of them, but there are some great lab kits out there now made to go with any text program, so you could easily combine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Also click on the secular science tag below. Some of the threads tagged (not all) discuss high school level science. Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisabees Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 We love Supercharged Science. http://www.sciencelearningspace.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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